Gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes today tapped former lawmaker and early supporter Tambor Williams to fill out the Republican ticket.

Maes touted Williams’ legislative and state administrative history and cast her as a person who supports Tea Party values.

“She brings the political experience to the table that I lack,” Maes said.

Maes said he has come to know Williams and her husband over the past 16 months as they helped with his campaign in Weld County.

Today was the deadline for Maes to announce his lieutenant governor pick.

Williams, who lives in Greeley, served in the statehouse from 1997 until 2004, when she was appointed by Gov. Bill Owens as director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.

She donated $100 to Maes’ campaign weeks before plagiarism charges surfaced against his Republican primary opponent, former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis.

Democrat John Hickenlooper two weeks ago announced that he would be joined on the ticket by CSU-Pueblo chief Joe Garcia.

American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo will run with Doug “Dayhorse” Campbell who was picked for the spot by the party’s previous nominee.

Tancredo told The Denver Post that he doesn’t expect a change but could name a replacement if Campbell chose to drop out. Campbell said he would “release information to the press at the appropriate time.”

A customer dining at Washington’s Oceanaire restaurant noticed an unusual line at the bottom of his receipt: “Due to the rising costs of doing business in this location, including costs associated with higher minimum wage rates, a 3% surcharge has been added to your total bill.”

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